DINNING LEADS BUT NO WINNER TO BE CROWNED TONIGHT

Results of the first ballot are here. 44 of 83 ridings reporting in, Jim Dinning has 13659 votes, Ted Morton has 10, 781, and Ed Stelmach is solidly in third with 9241. The top three will be on the ballot in round 2 next week and Dinning is well short of the 50% he needs to take this thing tonight. Lyle Oberg is losing his fight to stay on the ballot, running a distant fourth at 5265, and everyone else appears to be totally out of the running with Mark Norris and Dave Hancock fighting it out for fifth. See ya next week in the runoff, folks.

UPDATE: Morton now has moved solidly into second just behind Dinning. By the way; is it just me, or is Larry Johnsrude the only reporter in all of Canada covering this thing?! WHERE'S THE MEDIA, that's what I want to know.

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